Omg. If you haven't seen this film then you should. I think pretty much everyone who has seen only one Ghibli has seen this one.
My neighbour Totoro pulls on the heart strings just because its so. cute. and there are some sad bits in and because I watched it consistently I am therefore unable to watch it any more. The slightest sign of sad or cute makes me burst into uncontrollable tears, so basically from start to finish. This can get one rather soggy, so I've banned myself for a while.
The movie follows two young girls, Satsuki (voiced by Dakota Fanning) and Mei (voiced by Elle Fanning) which in itself is adorable as they're sisters anyway and the video clip of them doing the lines in the studio together is great.
I need to stop getting sidetracked - So the girls move with their dad into the country while their mums in hospital. The house is old and is practically falling down but they still love it and spend a lot of time playing outside. When Satsuki goes to school, Mei plays by herself. She see's a small creature and follows it (like Alice down the rabbit hole) and ends up .....well, falling, down a hole by a giant tree and lands on Totoro.s belly. Totoro looks like a bear, raccoon? with slight bunny ears. He's asleep and not really phased by her sudden appearance so goes back to snoozing and so does she. When she awakes she's in the middle of the forest all alone. Satsuki finds her and brings her home where Mei tries explaining to them what's happened and her dad says he must have been a tree spirit. From this point, Totoro makes more appearances, but only the girls can see him and he takes care of them through some tough times.
Watch - I insist! For bits like the famous rain scene, you'll never walk in the rain the same again.
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